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'To bottom line' something, meaning?

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Lightstoobright · 07/01/2022 15:38

Just joined a new workplace and several times I've seen or heard the word 'bottom-line' being used as a verb. As in 'we need to bottom-line this'. Or... Your task is to bottom-line X.

What's everyone's understanding of this?
Thanks

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itwasntaparty · 07/01/2022 15:41

You need to finalise the task, get it over the line.

eagerlywaitingfor · 07/01/2022 15:58

It's an accountancy term. The bottom line on a profit and loss account is your net profit, and the bottom line on a balance sheet is the company's net worth.

So the bottom line is the final figure at the end.

Lightstoobright · 07/01/2022 16:30

@eagerlywaitingfor

It's an accountancy term. The bottom line on a profit and loss account is your net profit, and the bottom line on a balance sheet is the company's net worth.

So the bottom line is the final figure at the end.

This is my understanding of it as a noun. I think the reply from @itwasntaparty probably makes a lot of sense in the contexts I am dealing with (as a verb). Thanks!
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EmmaH2022 · 07/01/2022 16:39

OP I'm glad it makes sense to you as I am still baffled.

Does it just mean "finish the marketing plan" or "finish the KPI report" etc?

Metabigot · 07/01/2022 19:59

I'd interpret this as explaining what the impact of something is... ie the consequences if its followed through.

I may be talking out of my 'bottom ' tho

eagerlywaitingfor · 07/01/2022 21:33

Well I'd say (continuing the accounting analogy) that to 'bottom line this' would be to finish something off to get the end result you want. Or drawing a line under it, if you will. Another term probably also from accounts.

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